Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - List of Meetings

List of Meetings

Year Date Country City Retreat Chairperson
1971 14 – 22 January Singapore Singapore N/A Lee Kuan Yew
1973 2 – 10 August Canada Ottawa Mont-Tremblant Pierre Trudeau
1975 29 April – 6 May Jamaica Kingston Michael Manley
1977 8 – 15 June United Kingdom London Gleneagles James Callaghan
1979 1 – 7 August Zambia Lusaka Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda
1981 30 September – 7 October Australia Melbourne Canberra Malcolm Fraser
1983 23 – 29 November India Goa Fort Aguada Indira Gandhi
1985 16 – 22 October Bahamas Nassau Lyford Cay Lynden Pindling
1986 3 – 5 August United Kingdom London N/A Margaret Thatcher
1987 13 – 17 October Canada Vancouver Okanagan Brian Mulroney
1989 18 – 24 October Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Langkawi Mahathir bin Mohamad
1991 16 – 21 October Zimbabwe Harare Victoria Falls Robert Mugabe
1993 21 – 25 October Cyprus Limassol George Vasiliou
1995 10 – 13 November New Zealand Auckland Millbrook Jim Bolger
1997 24 – 27 October United Kingdom Edinburgh St Andrews Tony Blair
1999 12 – 14 November South Africa Durban George Thabo Mbeki
2002 2 – 5 March Australia Coolum N/A - meetings held at Hyatt Regency Coolum John Howard
2003 5 – 8 December Nigeria Abuja Aso Rock Olusegun Obasanjo
2005 25 – 27 November Malta Valletta Mellieħa Lawrence Gonzi
2007 23 – 25 November Uganda Kampala Munyonyo Yoweri Museveni
2009 27 – 29 November Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Laventille Heights Patrick Manning
2011 28 – 30 October Australia Perth Kings Park Julia Gillard
2013 To Be Announced Sri Lanka Hambantota TBA
2015 To Be Announced Mauritius Port Louis TBA

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